Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
Size: Head and body length, 11 - 12 inches; tail, 4 inches; wingspan, 12 - 13 inches
Weight: approx. 0.2 Ibs Habitat: Humid lowland evergreen rainforests of northeastern Madagascar
Surviving number: Estimated at 10,000 - 19.000
WILDLIFE AS CANON SEES IT
Meet a Madagascan mystery. Little is known about
the helmet vanga, a bird that has managed to
maintain a low profile despite a conspicuously large
and bold blue beak. It passes its days in the middle
stratum of the rainforest, often mingling with mixed
flocks including other species of vanga. The sole
member of its genus, it keeps to a narrow range
rich in the insects and other invertebrates that
sustain it. One thing that isknown about the helmet
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vanga is that it cannot survive outside primary
rainforests. So it is no mystery why populations are
in peril as Madagascar's forests fall prey to the
demands of agriculture and timber extraction.
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